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Truck hangs off bridge in China with driver inside
GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA, JUN 24 – Over 80,000 people were evacuated as heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides that collapsed a major bridge on the Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway in Guizhou province.
- A highway bridge in Guizhou province, southwestern China, collapsed on the morning of June 24 after a landslide caused by continuous heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.
- The collapse followed once-in-30-years rainfall in the region, with local authorities detecting structural deformation earlier that day and enforcing traffic control on uphill lanes.
- A truck with its driver inside was left hanging over the collapsed bridge before firefighters rescued the driver safely without injuries reported.
- Severe flooding affected southwestern China with at least six deaths, more than 80,000 evacuations, rapidly rising river levels, and a tropical cyclone making landfall on June 24.
- The incident highlights critical infrastructure vulnerability amidst extreme weather intensified by Asia's warming, prompting emergency evacuations and warnings about challenges in rural flood management.
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Local authorities announced that the driver was rescued without injuries.
On Tuesday morning, the Houzi River Bridge in China’s Guizhou Province collapsed after a landslide triggered by heavy rain, leaving a truck dangling from the edge of the bridge with the driver still inside.
A cargo truck was suspended on a collapsed bridge in the mountainous province of Guizhou, south of China, following a landslide caused by torrential rains that hit the region.The incident, which occurred on Tuesday on a highway that connects with Rongjiang, left a high impact image that went viral in nets: the vehicle's cabin, with the driver still inside it, hanging at the edge of the abyss.According to local media, the driver managed to stop i…
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